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Lexicon :: Strong's H2076 - zāḇaḥ

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זָבַח
Transliteration
zāḇaḥ
Pronunciation
zaw-bakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 525

Strong’s Definitions

זָבַח zâbach, zaw-bakh'; a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice):—kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H2076 in the following manner: sacrifice (85x), offer (39x), kill (5x), slay (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H2076 in the following manner: sacrifice (85x), offer (39x), kill (5x), slay (5x).

  1. to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice

    1. (Qal)

      1. to slaughter for sacrifice

      2. to slaughter for eating

      3. to slaughter in divine judgment

    2. (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָבַח zâbach, zaw-bakh'; a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice):—kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
STRONGS H2076: Abbreviations
זָבַח 134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח; Assyrian Zibû DlPr 174 compare LotzTP 174; Arabic ذَبَحَ, Sabean דֿבח CISiv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic H1684 דְּבַח, OfbD, Ethiopic ዘብሐ፡)
Qal112 Perfect ז׳ 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Exodus 20:24 + 3 times, זָבַחְתִּי Ezekiel 39:19, וָֽבְחוּ Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Exodus 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ Exodus 8:23; Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח Genesis 31:54 + 14 times; 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 15:21, 2nd person feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ezekiel 16:20, 1st person singular אֶזְבַּח Psalm 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה Psalm 27:6; Psalm 54:8; Jonah 2:10; 2nd person masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Leviticus 19:5 + 2 times, תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Leviticus 22:29 + 2 times; 1st person plural נִזְבְּחָה Exodus 3:18 +, etc. (61 times Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח Psalm 50:14, זִבְחוּ Exodus 8:21; Psalm 4:6; Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ 1 Samuel 15:15 + 14 times, לִזְבּוֺחַ 2 Chronicles 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֺ 2 Samuel 15:12; Participle active זֹבֵחַ Exodus 13:15 + 8 times, זוֺבֵחַ Isaiah 66:3, plural זֹבְחִים Leviticus 17:5 + (20 times Participle) — I. slaughter for sacrifice
1. with accusative of
a. kind of sacrifice זֶבַח ז׳ Genesis 31:54 +, † פֶּסַח Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6, † שְׁלָמְים Deuteronomy 27:7; Joshua 8:31, † תּוֺדָה Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23, † עֹלוֺת ושׁלמים Exodus 20:24 (E).
b. victims,
(α) animals † בָּקָר וָצאֹן 1 Kings 8:63; Numbers 22:40, † צאן ובקר 2 Chronicles 18:2, † הַבְּרִיאָה Ezekiel 34:3, † רֶחֶם כָּל־פֶּטֶר Exodus 13:15 (J); † וְאֵילִים פָּרִים 1 Chronicles 15:26, שׁוֺר וָשֶׂה Deuteronomy 17:1;
(β) mankind † בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת Psalm 106:37; Ezekiel 16:20, † זֹבְחֵי אָדָם sacrificers of mankind Hosea 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS).
c. † תּוֺעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָת † Malachi 1:14.
2. absolute 1 Samuel 1:5 —
3. with לְ of deity, †לְדָגוֺן Judges 16:23, † לַשְּׂעִירִם Leviticus 17:7 (H), † לַשֵּׁדִים Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; other gods Exodus 34:15 (JE) +; but usually ליהוה Exodus 3:18 + 9 times J E, Leviticus 17:5; Leviticus 19:5; Leviticus 22:29 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 17:1; 1 Samuel 1:3 +; † לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו Genesis 46:1 (E), לאלהים Psalm 50:14, † לאדני Malachi 1:14.
4. with local prep. בְּ Genesis 31:54 (E) +, עַל Exodus 20:24 (E) +; לפני Leviticus 9:4 (P) +, על פני השׂדה Leviticus 17:5 (H).
II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSemitic 219) 1 Samuel 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ezekiel 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2 Chronicles 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ of person); compare Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:21 (absolute), 1 Kings 19:21.
III. slaughter in divine judgment Ezekiel 39:17-19 with accusative זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars).
† Pi. 22 Perfect זִבַּח 2 Chronicles 33:22, זִבְּחוּ Psalm 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 12:12; Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Habakkuk 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 4:13, 14; Hosea 11:2 (7 times Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 12:32; Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים 2 Chronicles 5:6 + 8 times, מְזַבְּחוֺת 1 Kings 11:8; — sacrifice,
1. of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6, and Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 30:22, and probably intensive; but
2. elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים Hosea 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן 1 Kings 11:8, לַעֲגָלִים 1 Kings 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:16, לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן Psalm 106:38, לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 2 Chronicles 28:23, לְכָל־הַפְּסִילִים 2 Chronicles 33:22; or in unlawful places עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Hosea 4:13 compare Hosea 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל Hosea 12:12, בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:2, 3; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 15:35, 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4. It is used without direct object Hosea 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים Hosea 12:12 צאֹן וּבָקָר 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters Psalm 106:38, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים 2 Chronicles 30:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:54; 31:54; 31:54; 46:1

Exodus

3:18; 3:18; 8:21; 8:22; 8:23; 8:24; 13:15; 13:15; 20:24; 20:24; 20:24; 34:15; 34:15

Leviticus

9:4; 17:5; 17:5; 17:5; 17:5; 17:7; 19:5; 19:5; 22:29; 22:29

Numbers

22:40

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:21; 15:21; 15:21; 16:2; 16:2; 16:5; 16:6; 17:1; 17:1; 27:7; 32:17

Joshua

8:31

Judges

16:23

1 Samuel

1:3; 1:5; 15:15; 28:24

2 Samuel

15:12

1 Kings

3:2; 3:3; 3:3; 8:5; 8:5; 8:63; 8:63; 11:8; 11:8; 12:32; 12:32; 13:2; 13:2; 19:21; 22:44

2 Kings

12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35; 16:4; 23:20

1 Chronicles

15:26

2 Chronicles

5:6; 5:6; 5:6; 11:16; 18:2; 18:2; 28:4; 28:23; 30:22; 30:22; 33:22; 33:22

Psalms

4:6; 27:6; 50:14; 50:14; 50:14; 50:23; 106:37; 106:37; 106:38; 106:38; 106:38; 116:17

Isaiah

66:3

Ezekiel

16:20; 16:20; 34:3; 34:3; 39:17; 39:18; 39:19; 39:19

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 11:2; 11:2; 12:12; 12:12; 12:12; 13:2

Jonah

2:10

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16

Malachi

1:14; 1:14

H2076

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Strong's Number H2076 matches the Hebrew זָבַח (zāḇaḥ),
which occurs 134 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 15:21–Psa 50:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - “But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - He said, “In peace; I have come to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered H2076 it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And so it was, that when the bearers of the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed H2076 an ox and a fatling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering H2076 the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah sacrificed H2076 sheep and oxen and fatlings by the [fn]stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “He has sacrificed H2076 oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone down today and has sacrificed H2076 oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - The people were still sacrificing H2076 on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice H2076 there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing H2076 [fn]so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:62 - Now the king and all Israel with him offered H2076 sacrifice before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered H2076 for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered H2076 to the LORD, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:8 - Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed H2076 to their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam [fn]instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he [fn]went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing H2076 to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice H2076 the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed H2076 them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:3 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:4 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:4 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - He sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice H2076 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - “But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice. H2076

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - All the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered H2076 on the altars and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed H2076 seven bulls and seven rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered H2076 sacrifice H2076 there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:21 - On the next day they [fn]made H2076 sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing H2076 [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:4 - Then the king and all the people offered H2076 sacrifice before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered H2076 a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel [fn]followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - They sacrificed H2076 to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - Some years later he went down to visit Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered H2076 many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - For he sacrificed H2076 to the gods of Damascus which had [fn]defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice H2076 to them that they may help me.” But they became the [fn]downfall of him and all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke [fn]encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing H2076 peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:16 - He set up the altar of the LORD and sacrificed H2076 peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless the people still sacrificed H2076 in the high places, although only to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed H2076 to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed H2076 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing H2076 to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer H2076 sacrifices? H2076 Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the [fn]dusty rubble even the burned ones?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day they offered H2076 great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:5 - Offer H2076 [fn]the sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer H2076 in His tent sacrifices [fn]with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - “Offer H2076 to God a sacrifice H2076 of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

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